☦ Nea Moni – Chios, Greece Nea Moni is an 11th-century former Greek Orthodox monastic complex, now a monastery and historical museum, located on the island of Chios in the North Aegean region of Greece. The complex is located on Mount Provateo Oros inland, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from Chios town. Photo: FLIOUKAS · CC BY-SA 4.0

☦ Diveevo - Nizhny Novgorod region The Seraphim-Diveevo Monastery, or the Holy Seraphim-Diveevo Monastery, or the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevo Monastery is a monastery of nuns (nunnery) in the village of Diveevo near Sarov (12 km) and near the city of Nizhny Novgorod (185 km), in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia. It is located in a region considered to be of great spiritual significance. Photo: This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with: Photo: Anton Zelenov in the immediate vicinity of the image. If you use one of my photos, plea · CC BY-SA 3.0

☦ Solovetsky Monastery - White Sea The Solovetsky Monastery is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia. It was one of the largest Christian strongholds in northern Russia before it was converted into a Soviet prison labor camp in 1926–1939 and served as the prototype for the camps of the Gulag system. The monastery survived several major changes and military sieges. Photo: Alexey Zadonsky · CC BY-SA 4.0

☦ Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville - New York, USA Holy Trinity Monastery is a male stauropegic monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), located near Jordanville, New York. Founded in 1930 by two Russian immigrants, it eventually became the main spiritual center of Russian Orthodoxy in the West. Photo: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist from Washington DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0